Dogs & Cats Diabetes Test Strips - 50 Count Strips Compatible with VetMate Diabetes Testing Kit

Not good at all had to prick my dog several times due to monitor not working correctly

If You are Getting Error Messages: Read This1). You May Be doing something wrong!2). Red the Booklet Again.3). Before taking blood, make SURE the droplet icon appears. (Looks like a tiny snowman.4). Press up arrow or S to turn meter on. Shows current date and time at bottom for 2 seconds.5). Use up and down arrow to scroll through previous results.6). Switch between dogs and cats by holding down arrow for 3 seconds.7). Then press up or down arrows to select dog 1, 2, or 3. Same for cats.8). Often best to put a thin layer pf Vaseline on are to be lanced for blood drop. Will help it to make a drop.9). Press S. Once you see the droplet / snowman on the screen you have 2 minutes to take sample.10). It's best to have the meter strip point straight down into blood droplet. Sideways is "iffy".11). When you see the screen count down from 5 to 0 you know you did everything right!12). There are 8 error messages that could occur. Pay attention and lookup (in booklet), what they mean.13). Er1= Used test strip inserted.14). Er2= Drop acquired too soon. Need to get sample AFTER blood drop / snowman appears.15). Er3= Temperature during test was too cold or warm. Operating temp 41f to 113f, or 5-45c.16). Er4= Sample too thick (viscosity), or insufficient volume.17). Er5= Non Vetmate strip used, or was not inserted properly.18). There is a problem with the meter.19). An electronic error occurred during test.It took us a couple months to realize we were causing the errors. Now we have no problems testing.

Previously used Alpha Trak 2 meter but the price gouging became outrageous, $80.00 for 50 strips. I have been using this meter and strips for over a year and am well satisfied with the operation and test results. So far I have saved hundreds of dollars on test strips. Excellent alternative for the Alpha Trak!

Thanks to Amazon packing the box in an large envelope (no protection) the package arrived crushed. While the product is still usable, Amazon could do better on how they package this item for shipment.

The strips show an error often, even with plenty of blood. For almost $1 per strip, It can get pretty expensive. Sometimes we go through 3 strips with errors before getting an accurate reading.

Get my job done.

With these strip and the tested made by the same manufacture they work as well as could be expected. Only used for a week now however had no problems what-so-ever. If you need to test a pets blood sugar and treating diabetes save yourself some money and use this product. Now we have used them for 6 weeks, and no problems. The meter and strips are top notch. We trust them to work each and every time and now I can say you can too. Nice to have a product that we can count on. Highly recommend if you have an animal that needs blood sugar meds and testing.

We found a new meter! I'm a vet assistant and have a diabetic cat. Hes been diabetic for 10 years! This meter is absolutely fabulous!!!!! I cannot say enough good things about it. The accuracy is spot on. The design is much more user friendly than the top leading pet glucometer brands!